Brian Cox debunked the Big Bang! Wait, what?

I was rather surprised when I recently learned that the British science communicator and ex-particle physicist Brian Cox supposedly debunked the Big Bang with a creation story, no less than in a BBC documentary. I had a look at the clip and I think I know what happened.

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[misterICo]

I think one big problem is that too many people are not ok with the concept of: I don't know

[cloudstclass]

TLDR: A scientist said something salacious and the press ran with it like a Christmas ham under their arm. The more I hear about this type of stuff, the more I think that "separation of press and science" is more important than separation of Church and State.

[rstross]

Douglas Adams wrote: "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Many races believe that it was created by some sort of God, though the Jatravartid people of Viltvodle VI believe that the entire Universe was in fact sneezed out of the nose of a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure."

[arthurherring]

I am always grateful for ANY person who simply attempts an accurate explanation of what evidence shows THEM…instead of trying to be “sensational” or “all-knowing”…

[MarcBehar]

as someone who just moved to paris, I can confirm "excusez-moi, quel âge a l'univers" is very practical in day to day life

[Reuben-John]

With that constant smirk on Brian Cox's face its clear he knows exacly what happened at the beginning and he is having fun not letting us in on it.

[chrisanderson]

I wish there was a lot more "we don't know" out there instead of "here's how it is". Knowing what we don't know, and the curiosity to fill in the gaps, is what drives the best science.

[DJWHITE_]

I saw the Daily Express logo and that answered the question for me.

[raminagrobis]

I am a francophone and I perfectly understood what Sabine said in French, so she's a good learner! I wouldn't dream asking her to lose the Teutonic accent. It gives a distinctive twist to her English and we are now used to it, so the same goes with her French. Accents are the last thing one loses when learning a foreign language, if ever.

[deeestuary]

As soon as I saw Daily Express I knew it would be a total lie.

[kevinhindley]

SO GLAD that you did post this brave open, honest video, and NO NO NO, it wasn't too much at all. THANK YOU SO MUCH, Sabine.

[calistafischer]

Catholic priest and theoretical physicist George Lemaitre is the father of the big bang theory and for this concept he let himself guide by the Genesis: Let there be light and there was light. For him the suddenness of the light‘s existence was equal to the suddenness of matter coming into existence.

[TheYogaZen]

Sabine will debunk you so hard your high school physics teacher will feel it.

[HarryNicNicholas]

for the ignorant in comments:

"In addition to their individual work, Cox and Hossenfelder have also collaborated on a number of projects, such as the book "Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe" and the documentary series "The Universe: A Journey Through Space and Time." These collaborations have helped to bridge the gap between theoretical physics and the general public."

[AIainMConnachie]

Was it Eddington who said, "Something unknown is doing we don't know what."?

[HnyMonstah]

Ah, The Daily Express. That bastion of truth, accuracy and integrity.

[jamesgrover]

The Daily Express ~ "A right riveting read!"

Read ~ "a load of Bollox"

[rickseiden]

As one of my favorite science communicators, Dr. Becky, says, "Space is hard. Words are harder."

[robertpreisser]

I DO think that Brian Cox did say something wrong. He presented an unprovable or disprovable theory in far stronger terms than is warranted. And this is a MAJOR problem in science, and it is often the scientists themselves who are overstating their claims in order to gain attention/funding. This happens all the time in origin of life research, but I see this trend across many fields. It is rarely (if ever) presented to the public as “here’s one possibility of what may have happened, but we just don’t know.” It is presented as “1.3 trillion years ago, X, Y, and Z HAPPENED.”

[LeTtRrZ]

Express and Dailymail should always be ignored.